tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post113813548313805436..comments2024-03-29T07:11:17.775+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Ehrman, Peter, Paul, and Mary MagdaleneP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1138232154649981752006-01-25T23:35:00.000+00:002006-01-25T23:35:00.000+00:00There is rarely any reason for a scholar to be emb...There is rarely any reason for a scholar to be embarrassed of something on their bookshelves.<BR/><BR/>Ehrman clearly is a high-calibre scholar in terms of his knowledge and abilities. Of course, comparison with someone as great as Metzger does not really help anyone to look good.<BR/><BR/>We should not forget the importance of Ehrman's book on Didymus the Blind, his work on citations in Origen, his Loeb edition of the Apostolic Fathers, etc., as well as many editing achievements. There is, of course, truth in the observation (of the 6:04 p.m. Anon) that there has been a change in the sort of book that Ehrman produces.P.J. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1138225895246392622006-01-25T21:51:00.000+00:002006-01-25T21:51:00.000+00:00You said, "Orthodox Corruption... embarassed to ha...You said, "Orthodox Corruption... embarassed to have visible on their bookshelves."<BR/><BR/>Actually, no I didn't. Why did you remove my original negation of this claim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1138222679436154512006-01-25T20:57:00.000+00:002006-01-25T20:57:00.000+00:00Hi,Ehrman is one of the top textual critics in the...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Ehrman is one of the top textual critics in the world at the moment. The fact that you are unaware of his numerous publicatins does not impact his standing as reflected in the opinion of his peers.<BR/><BR/>You said, "Orthodox Corruption... embarassed to have visible on their bookshelves."<BR/><BR/>I suggest you ability to identify the relevant literature is lacking, otherwise this childish statement would have stayed in your mind as opposed to finding its way into written form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1138212242291098212006-01-25T18:04:00.000+00:002006-01-25T18:04:00.000+00:00Ehrman established his reputation as a top-notch s...Ehrman established his reputation as a top-notch scholar with his Orthodox Corruption of Scripture. But everything he has written since then has been variations on the same theme. Some people, I think, overestimate his importance. The fact that he keeps writing (or rearranging his old material into) new books does nothing to buttress his standing. When the dust has settled, Orthodox Corruption will be the only book of his scholars won't be embarassed to have visible on their bookshelves. He's no Bruce Metzger. I'm not even sure if he's a Neusner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1138203098746755622006-01-25T15:31:00.000+00:002006-01-25T15:31:00.000+00:00Ehrman is a fellow with some strange reasoning. Th...Ehrman is a fellow with some strange reasoning. There might be many reasons for unbelief, but the existence of textual variants is not one of them. Why should inspiration or the verity of the biblical account be thought to hang on the miraculous preservation of every <I>de</I> or <I>ouv</I>, or uios vs. theos reading? I daresay that if we adopted every one of Ehrman's preferred readings, the message of Christianity would not really change one whit. So every word might not have been unmistakably preserved, but the message has been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com